- Nose
- Orchard fruits, caramel sweetness, deep earthy aromas, apples, pears, citrus tang, slightly spicy, charred, toffee apples, poached pears, kiwi, rhubarb, tobacco box, steely brass polish, mushrooms, damp soils, soaked tree stumps, vanilla pods, freshly sawn oak, desiccated coconut, chocolate nibs, custard, caramel. With water: honey, lemon juice, minerality.
- Palate
- Rich, dessert sweets, creamy butter, oak, thick and chewy, earthy flavours, spicier caramel, vanilla edge, toasted oak, white pepper, bold, rich, slightly waxy, apples, pears, citrus with grapefruits and lemon peels, toffee, chocolate, prickly black pepper, charred oak, nutty vein (almonds), vanilla, custard. With water: emphasises orchard fruits, juiciness, ripeness, wood tannins, slight bitterness.
- Finish
- Quite long and malty, juicy, tangy fruits, fading pepper bitterness, pronounced orchard flavour, exceptionally balanced.
